Use After Free Affecting freerdp/freerdp package, versions [,3.22.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FREERDPFREERDP-15253013
  • published10 Feb 2026
  • disclosed9 Feb 2026
  • creditKim Dong Han

Introduced: 9 Feb 2026

CVE-2026-24491  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade freerdp/freerdp to version 3.22.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free via the video_timer process. An attacker can execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by triggering client notifications after the control channel is closed, leading to dereferencing of a freed callback.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1